Door hanger



Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,270

s. P. cRoss DOOR HANGER Filed August 26`, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 f, ,Stoughton P- Cross,

By M torneys Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,270 I s. P. @Ross DOOR HANGER Filed August 26, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 I Inventor, l Il.. HMI 26 Stoughton P. Cross,

: Attorneys Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,568,210 PATENT OFFICE.

BTOUGHTON P. CROSS, OF HARTSDALE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 THE IMCCABEV HANGER MFG. CO., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

- I DOOR HANGER.

Application tiled August 26,1922. Serial No. 584,452.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, S'roUGHToN P. Cnoss, a citizen of the United States of America, and a` resident of the town ofvHartsdale, county of Westchester, and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 'in Door Hangers, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a construction for a sliding door-hanger by which thie suspending bolts of the door can be more readily enga ed or disengaged from the rider-bar of t edoor-hanger whereby installation of the door-hanger may be more conveniently made, or the door removed for substitution ory repair without it; being necessary to take down kthe main. portion of the hanger. l

In the accompanying ,two sheets of drawings,v which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a vertical section on the line I-I of Fig. 2 through an elevator doorway and throughy the track and rider-bar of a door hanger in `which'this, invention is embodied.

Fig.`2 is an elevation'y ofthe same.

Fig. 3 is an isometric view of a portion of a rider-bar showing the underside.

Fig. 4 is an isometric View of the hanger bolt and washer.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 1 on the line V-V of Fig. 6, showing a modification.

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the same.

Fig. 7 is an isometric view of a portion of the rider-bar of vthis modification showing the underside.

Fig. 8 is a. vertical section similar to Fig. 1 showin a third form.

In the orm shown in Figs. 1 to 4 a trackbar 10 is suitably supported from the wall of an elevator shaft and supports balls 11, 11 which in turn support a rider-bar. The rider-bar is formed by bending along longitudinal lines so as to form an inverted V-groove 12 which connects through a vertical portion 13 with a horizontal base portion 14. The vertical portion has a perforation 15 to receive the head 16 of a hanger bolt, the shank 17 of which is received in a transverse slot 18 in the base portion of the rider-bar. This transverse slot is from the meetin edge of the base portion with the vertica portion and opens into the perforation for the bolt-head in the vertical portion. A washer 20 has a ward 2l whic is wide enough to engage the entire length of one side of the bolt-head, and it has a second ward 22 which is narrow enough to pass transversely through the slot in the base portion and engage the opposite side of the bolt-head. The free edge of the rider-bar base portion has a shallow slot 23 through which the wider ward passes. As the wards engage the bolt head and the wards are engaged by the slots in the riderbar through which they pass, the bolt is thereby restrained from turning with respect to the rider-bar, andA from accidentally becoming displaced or. disengaged from the rider-bar. To make the bolt more secure, a nut 24 clamps between it and the bolt headthe base portion of therider-bar and the washer. The tip of the shank of the hanger bolt screws into a plate 25 which is attached to the top of a door 26. A sill 27 underlies the door and prevents the lowering of the door conveniently as would be necessary in undertakin to disengage the door from `the hanger gy unscrewing the bolt lfrom the plate on the top of the door.

In the form shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the hanger connection is modified so as to be applicable to use in connection with riderbars which have been made up without this construction in view and in which there is not suficient space for the head of the hanger bolt between the upper side of the bottom of the main portion of the riderbar and the underside of the track-bar. In this form the rider-bar consists of a main portion with an inverted V-groove 30 which connects through a vertical portion 31 with a horizontal base portion 32 and an attached hanger portion with a vertical portion 33 at the upper edge of which is a lip 34 which overlies the base of the main portion and a f lip 35 which underlies said edge and is turned in from a perforation 36. The erforation is to receive the bolt-head and the base portion 37 of this attached hanger portion of the rider-bar has a transverse slot 38 which receives the shank of the hanger bolt and opens into the perforation from the head of the bolt. The base portion on the side opposite the slot has a perforation 39 through which the wide ward of the washer passes. From this side of the base portion a tongue 40 extends vertically upward and is secured by a rivet 41 to the vertical portion of the main portion of the rider-bar.

In the forni shown in Fig. 8 the rider-bar has an inverted V-groove 50, which connects through a vertical portion 5l with a horizontal base' portion 52. The proportions are as in the iirst forni, but the other side turned next to the wall, the transverse slot 53 is cut in from the free vedge of `the base portion and the perforation 54 for the wide ward adjoins the vertical portion othe rider-bar.

In setting up the track-bar, with the riderbar `assembled thereto, is lirst attached to the wall of the elevator shaft without the door. The car being opposite the doorway, the door is rested on the sill in a slightly tilted position, ther heights of the hanger boltheads with respect to the base portion of the rider-bar are noted, and the bolts are screwed in or out of the plates on the top of the door for any necessary adjustment so that when the heads rest on the base portion of the rider-bar the door will be suspended just clear or" the sill. The door isA then `lifted slightly and the bolt-heads are engaged with the base portion of the .rider-bar. Each washer with the wards is then lifted into place and clamped in position by the underlying'nut. -In taking down, these steps are followed in reverse order.

That I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. In a sliding door-hanger, a hanger bolt, a rider bar the base portion of which is provided with a transverse slot receiving the shank of the hanger boltI` and also provided with a longitudinal slot beyond the transverse slot, a Washer of a width less than the width of the said base. portion, said 40 washer having a ward inlet froinfoiie' edge ol the base portion and eXtending through saidmtransverse slot into engagement with one side of the bolt head, said washer having a second ward inset from the opposite edge of said base portion and extending through said longitudinal slot into engage'- ment with the opposite side' of said bolt head, and 'a nut for clamping the base portion and washer between said nut and the bolt head.

2. In a sliding door-hanger, a hanger bolt, a rider bar including a main portion, and an attached hanger portion having a lip which overlies an edge ot' the niain portion'and a 55 lip which underlies said edge and is turned in from a perforation to receive the bolt head, such hanger portion having a base provided with a transverse slot receiving the shank of the hanger bolt and with a second 00 l slot spaced from the transverse slot. a washer having a ward inset from one edge of the base and extending through said transverse slot into engagement with one side of the bolt head and having a second ward inset from the opposite edge of the base and extending through said second slot into engagement with the opposite side of the bolt head, and a nut for clamping the base and washer between said nut and the bolt head.

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